EP168

Hook, Line, and Stinker

EP168   アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル！！ Azumao! Fishing Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 12, 2000 United States September 29, 2001

English themes Opening Born to Be a Winner Ending

Japanese themes Opening OK! Ending ポケモンはらはらリレー

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 辻初樹 Hatsuki Tsuji Assistant director 深沢幸司 Kōji Fukazawa Animation director 池田裕治 Yūji Ikeda Additional credits

Hook, Line, and Stinker (Japanese: アズマオウ！フィッシングバトル！！ Azumao! Fishing Battle!!) is the 168th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 12, 2000 and in the United States on September 29, 2001.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash and friends have stopped to rest at a "shady mountain" stream. All of the Pokémon are in the water having a good time. Brock is brushing Vulpix's Tail. The scene shifts to Misty talking to Togepi about how good the water feels. Poliwhirl drifts by on its back, and Misty tells it not to drift too far. Poliwhirl waves ok, but all of a sudden a huge Poliwrath comes up behind Poliwhirl. Misty comments on how tough it looks, and Brock says that it doesn't look too friendly. The Poliwrath smacks down Poliwhirl and then uppercuts it through the air. Poliwhirl lands by the bank, K.O'd. The Poliwrath, is still in the water cheering. Misty comments on how it's nothing but a big bully.

Major events

• Ash and Misty each capture a Seaking as part of the Seaking Catching competition. (They are later returned; off-screen in the case of Ash.)
• Misty wins the Seaking Catching Competition.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• Andreas

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kabuto

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Poliwhirl (Misty's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Poliwrath (Andreas's)
• Seaking (multiple)
• Wartortle (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Golduck (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Tentacool (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Cloyster (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Krabby (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Seadra (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Starmie (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Marill (Unnamed Trainer's)
• Wooper (Unnamed Trainer's)

Trivia

• Like the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here, the Seaking Catching Competition uses special Poké Balls called Lake Balls for catching Seaking.
• Ash mentions two real-world animals in this episode: bass and catfish.
• This episode's title is a pun derived from three components of fishing tackle.

Errors

• While Misty is pulling Brock by the ear, Togepi is in his arms; however, it was not there before.
• After the Pokémon battle, Misty calls her Poliwhirl a Poliwrath.

Dub edits

In other languages

• Czech: Háček, vlasec a mizera
• Finnish: Virittäkää virvelinne
• French: Appâts et Hameçons
• German: Angel, Köder, Angeber
• Hebrew: תחרות הסיקינג tacharut haSeaking
• Italian: Una dolce vittoria
• Mandarin: 金魚王釣魚戰鬥
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Anzol, Isca e Pescaria
• Spanish:
  • Iberian Spanish: Anzuelo, sedal y chulito
  • Latin American Spanish: ¡Poliwhirl contra Poliwrath!

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